G ate-latch



(No Model.)

A. R. GRIMES. GATE LATOH.

No; 477,654. Patented June 28, 1892.

UNITED STATES PATENT 01mins.

ALLEN ROVERO GRIMES, OF PORT ROYAL, KENTUCKY.

GATE- LATCH SIECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 477,654,dated June 28, 1892.

Application filed April 22, 1892.

T0 aZZ whom it may concern.-

Beitknown that I, ALLEN ROVERO GRIMES, a citizen of the United States,residing at Port Royal, in the county of Henry and State of Kentucky,have invented a new and useful Gate and Door Latch, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in gate and door latches.

The object of the present invention is to provide a simple and efficientlatch for gates and doors capable of being readily adjusted to suitthegate or doorand which will securely fasten such gate or doorirrespective of any sagging, and which, should a gate or door be closedsuddenly and rebound, securely hold it against such rebound.

I The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts, hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of a portion of a gateprovided with a latch constructed in accordance with this invention.Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional View. Fig. 3 is a detail perspectiveView of the keeper. Fig. 4 is a similar view of the latch-wheel.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawings.

1 designatesa keeper, consisting of a securing-plate 3, which isprovided with a rectangular opening 2, a ratchet-plate 4, and top andbottom flanges 5, which connect the said plates 3 and at. The keeper isconstructed of suitable metal and is secured to a post or doorframe bymeans of a screw 6, which is arranged in a rectangular opening 2, and aneccentricallyarranged disk 7, which is disposed between the flanges 5and against the inner face of the ratchet-plate, whereby the keeper maybe adjusted upward, downward, backward, and forward, and still besecurely held in place. The flanges 5 are provided with perforations 8,which register, and which enable the gate to be locked by passing ashackle of a padlock through the perforations and through a link of achain 9, which may be arranged above or below the keeper. Theratchet-plate is provided onits outer engaging-face with series ofvertical teeth 11, which are Serial No. 430,236. (No model.)

engaged by a wheel or disk 12,arranged in a casing 13. The latch-casing13 is provided with securing-flanges 14 and hasa triangular opening 15,in which is arranged a centrallyprojecting lug 16 of the disk 12, and achain or cord is attached to the lug to enable the disk to be readilywithdrawn from engagement with the keeper. The disk slides freely in thecasing, which is provided with an inclined bottom 17, and it iscircumferentially beveled to facilitate engagement with the keeper. Thenumber of teeth of the keeper enables the latter to be engaged by thewheel or disk should the gate be closed suddenly and rebound. The latchis prevented being disengaged by an animal attempting to raise the gateby a plate 18, which extends beneath the keeperand which has its arm 19bent at its out-er end into a cylinder or bead to increase thebearing-surface. It will be seen that any amount of sagging, swelling,or the like of the gate will not effect the operation of the latch, andshould any obstruction be interposed between the gate and the latchpostand prevent the former fully closing, the gate may even then be securelyfastened.

I desire it to be understood that I do not limit m yself to the precisedetails of construe tion herein shown and described, as l may, withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention, make minor changes therein.

\Vhat I claim is 1. A latch comprising a keeper provided with avertically-disposed tooth, a casing, and

a disk loosely mounted in the casing and capable of extension andretraction and adapted to engage the tooth, substantially as described.

2. Alatch comprising a keeper provided with a series ofvertically-disposed teeth or shoulders, a casing having an opening, anda disk loosely mounted in the casing and provided with a stud arrangedin the opening, substantially as described.

3. A latch comprising a keeper provided with a vertical tooth orshoulder, a casing, a disk loosely mounted in the casing and adapted toengage the tooth or shoulder, anda stopplate having an arm arranged toengage the bottom of the keeper to prevent the disk being lifted out ofengagement with the same, substantially as described.

4. A latch comprising a keeper provided with a vertical tooth orshoulder and having flanges provid ed with registeringperforations, acasing, a disk loosely mounted in the casing and adapted to engage thetooth or shoulder, and achain attached to the casing and adapted to besecured to the keeper by having the shackle of a lock passed through oneof its links and the perforations of the flanges, substantially asdescribed.

5. A latch having a keeper provided with a securing-plate having anopening in it, an eccentrically-arranged disk, and a screw passingthrough the disk at an eccentric point and through the opening of thekeeper, substantially as described.

6. A latch ooi'nprisingakeeper com posed of a securing-plate having anopening, a ratchetplate having teeth or shoulders and flanges connectingthe plates, a casing provided with an opening, a disk loosely mounted inthe casing and provided with a stud arranged in said opening, aneecentrically-arranged disk mounted on the keeper, and a screw passingthrough the disk and the opening of the keeper, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

ALLEN ROVERO GRIMES.

Witnesses:

P. J. HONAKER, W. O. PERRY.

